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Akash Pandey |
Monday, 2 June 2014 |
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"General Instructions (Preliminary as well as Main Examination)" :

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY AND MAINS EXAM CIVIL SERVICES(IAS)(i)
Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In
no circumstances, will they be allowed the
help of a scribe to write the answers
fo them.However,

blind candidates
will be allowed to write the examination with
the help of a

scribe.Blind
candidates will also be allowed an extra
time of thirty minutes at

each paper @ ten minutes per hour.

(ii)
An extra time of twenty minutes per hour shall be
permitted for the candidates with locomotor
disability and cerebral palsy where dominant
(writing) extremity is affected to the
extent of slowing the performanc of function (minimum of 40%impairment) in
the Civil Services (Main)

Examination
only. However, no scribe shall be permitted
to such candidates.

Note
(1) : The eligibility conditions of a scribe, his/her
conduct inside the examination hall and the manner
in which and extent to which
he/she can help the blind candidate in writing
the Civil Services Examination shall be
governed by the instructions issued
by the UPSC in this regard. Violation of
all or any of the said instructions shall
entail the cancellation of the candidature of
the blind candidate in addition to any
other action that the UPSC may take
against the scribe.

Note
(2) : For purpose of these rules the candidate shall be
deemed to be a blind

candidate if the
percentage of visual impairment is Fourty
Percent (40%) or

more. The criteria
for determining the percentage of visual impairment
shall be as follows :

1.Category

2.Better eye

3.Worse eye

4.Percentage(%)

Category O

6/9-6/18

6/24 to 6/36

20%

Category I

6/18-6/36

6/60 to nil

40%

Category II

6/60-4/60or field ofvision 10-20

3/60 to nil

75%

Category III

3/60-1/60 or field of vision 10

F.C. at 1 ft to nil

100%

Category IV

F.C. at 1 ftto nil field ofvision 100

F.C. at 1 ftto nil field ofvision 100

100%

One eyed person

6/6

F.C. at 1 ft to nil

30%

Note
(3) : For availing of the concession admissible to a
blind candidate, the candidate concerned shall
produce a certificate in the prescribed
proforma from a Medical Board constituted by
the Central/State Governments
along with their application for the Main
Examination.

Note
4

The concession admissible to blind candidates
shall not be admissible to those suffering
from Myopia.

The Commission
have discretion to fix qualifying marks in
any or all the subjects of the examination.

If a
candidate’s handwriting is not easily legible, a
deduction will be made on this account from
the total marks otherwise accruing to him.

Marks will not
be allotted for mere superficial
knowledge.

Credit will be
given for orderly, effective and exact expression
combined with due economy of words
in all subjects of the examination.

In the question
papers, wherever required, SI units
will be used.

Candidates
should use only international form of Indian
numerals (i.e.1,2,3,4,5,6 etc.)
while answering question papers.

Candidates
will be allowed the use of Scientific
(Non-Programmable type) Calculators at the
conventional (Essay) type examination of
UPSC. Programmable type calculators
will however not be allowed and the use
of such calculators shall tantamount to
resorting to unfair means by the candidates.
Loaning or interchanging of
calculators in the Examination Hall is
not permitted.It is also important
to note that candidates are not permitted to
use calculators for answering
objective type papers(Test Booklets).
They should not therefore,bring the same
inside the Examination Hall.

Interview test

The candidate will
be interviewed by a Board who will have
before them a record of his/her career.

He/she will be asked questions on matters
of general interest.

The object of the
interview is to assess the personal
suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a
Board of competent and
unbiased observers.

The test is intended
to judge the mental calibre of a
candidate. In broad terms this is really an
assessment of not only his/her intellectual
qualities but also social traits and
his/her interest in current affairs. Some of the
qualities to be judged are mental
alertness, critical powers of assimilation,
clear and logical exposition, balance
of judgement, variety and depth of
interest, ability for social cohesion and
leadership, intellectual and moral integrity.

The technique of
the interview is not that of a strict
cross-examination but of a natural, though
directed and purposive conversation which
is intended to reveal the mental qualities
of the candidate.

The interview
test is not intended to be a test either of the
specialised or general knowledge of the
candidates which has been already tested
through their written papers. Candidates
are expected to have taken an intelligent
interest not only in their special
subjects of academic study but also in the
events which are happening around them both
within and outside their own state or
country as well as in modern currents of
thought and in new discoveries which
should rouse the curiosity of well educated youth.

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